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World Premiere of Janaki, Daughter of the Dirt
Staged by Siren Theatre Productions (www.sirentheatre.org)
September 16 -18, 2011
Come join Lalitha as she walks the line between myth and reality with the help of her personal superhero, Janaki.
But who is Janaki? She is the heroine of an ancient Hindu epic, the Ramayana. She is the most perfect woman who's ever lived. She is untouchable. Or so we thought. Her story, it turns out, is more than a story. It is the battle song of people from the north colonizing the south, of priests chanting a code of servitude, of men demanding women walk through fire. But it is also the story of resistance. Can Lalitha learn the striking truth about her ancestors in time to save herself?
Playwright - Virali Gokaldas
Artistic Director - Roke Noir
Producing Director - Shruti Purkayastha
Prop Master/Stage Manager - Jeni Johnson
Acting Coach/Cast Manager - Veronica Combs
Music Designer - Girish Nagavarapu
Set/Technical Advisor - Joy Lam
Videographer - Sabereh Kashi
Actors:
Sita - Kiran Patel
Rama - Parth Silva
Ravan - Pranay Gupta
Lalitha - Prachi Murarka
Laxshman - Girish Nagavarapu
Urmila - Barnali Ghosh
Monkey Spirit - Sarwang Parikh
Shurpanakha - Priti Narayanan
Avni - Virali Gokaldas
Moderator - Debayani Kar
Staged by Siren Theatre Productions (www.sirentheatre.org)
September 16 -18, 2011
Come join Lalitha as she walks the line between myth and reality with the help of her personal superhero, Janaki.
But who is Janaki? She is the heroine of an ancient Hindu epic, the Ramayana. She is the most perfect woman who's ever lived. She is untouchable. Or so we thought. Her story, it turns out, is more than a story. It is the battle song of people from the north colonizing the south, of priests chanting a code of servitude, of men demanding women walk through fire. But it is also the story of resistance. Can Lalitha learn the striking truth about her ancestors in time to save herself?
Playwright - Virali Gokaldas
Artistic Director - Roke Noir
Producing Director - Shruti Purkayastha
Prop Master/Stage Manager - Jeni Johnson
Acting Coach/Cast Manager - Veronica Combs
Music Designer - Girish Nagavarapu
Set/Technical Advisor - Joy Lam
Videographer - Sabereh Kashi
Actors:
Sita - Kiran Patel
Rama - Parth Silva
Ravan - Pranay Gupta
Lalitha - Prachi Murarka
Laxshman - Girish Nagavarapu
Urmila - Barnali Ghosh
Monkey Spirit - Sarwang Parikh
Shurpanakha - Priti Narayanan
Avni - Virali Gokaldas
Moderator - Debayani Kar
Credits
Playwright - Virali Gokaldas
Artistic Director - Roke Noir
Producing Director - Shruti Purkayastha
Prop Master/Stage Manager - Jeni Johnson
Acting Coach/Cast Manager - Veronica Combs
Music Designer - Girish Nagavarapu
Set/Technical Advisor - Joy Lam
Videographer - Sabereh Kashi
Actors:
Sita - Kiran Patel
Rama - Parth Silva
Ravan - Pranay Gupta
Lalitha - Prachi Murarka
Laxshman - Girish Nagavarapu
Urmila - Barnali Ghosh
Monkey Spirit - Sarwang Parikh
Shurpanakha - Priti Narayanan
Avni - Virali Gokaldas
Moderator - Debayani Kar
Reviews
Reviewer:
NativeWanderer
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September 3, 2021
Subject: Daughter of Mother Earth, not Dirt
Subject: Daughter of Mother Earth, not Dirt
The title is so wrong, that I don't want even to see it.
Western attempt to degrade Maa Sita.
She is our Godess. Daughter of MOTHER EARTH
Western attempt to degrade Maa Sita.
She is our Godess. Daughter of MOTHER EARTH
